peregrinate, v. 1. travel, journey, roam, rove, itinerate, wayfare, jaunt; range, globe-trot, go abroad, go overseas, see the world, sight-see; walk, ambulate, trek, hike, march, wend, take the road, take to the road, hit the road; proceed, pass, go, hie, Scot. gang, progress; meander, ramble, gad, gallivant; divagate, travel the open road.
2. traverse, perambulate, travel over, cross, ford, cut across.
peregrination, n. 1. journeying, wayfaring, roaming, roving, walking, hiking, trekking, rambling; traversing, traveling over, crossing, fording, cutting across. 2. journey, travel, itinerancy, globe-trotting; trip, tour, excursion, jaunt, junket, outing; walk, trek, hike, sally, expedition.
peregrine, adj. foreign, alien, unindigenous, heteroch-thonous; tramontane, ultramontane, transalpine; ultramarine, transmarine, transatlantic, transpacific; unfamiliar, strange, peculiar, exotic, outlandish.
peremptory, adj. 1. imperative, commanding, compelling, obliging, jussive; directive, preceptive, prescriptive, decretory, decretal; hard and fast, binding, incumbent, mandatory, obligatory, Fr. de rigueur.
2. imperious, arbitrary, dictatorial, despotic, tyrannical, high-handed; dogmatic, pontifical, opinionated, oracular; overbearing, oppressive, autocratic, overconfident, overweening; arrogant, supercilious, pompous; assertive, positive, emphatic, insistent.
3. absolute, categorical, incontrovertible, indisputable; unconditional, unequivocal, out and out, downright, flat; unmitigated, unqualified, unrestricted, uncircumscribed, unlimited, unreserved, implicit; certain, sure, assured, cocksure, definite.
4. decisive, conclusive, definitive; the, ultimate, final; irrevocable, irreversible, inappealable, unwaiva-ble.
perennial, adj. 1. enduring, constant, incessant, continual, perdurable; lasting, unfailing, stable, chronic, abiding; durable, unchanging, evergreen; immutable, undeviating; continuing, recurrent, uninterrupted, continuous, everflowing.
2. perpetual, everlasting, eternal, permanent, Literary. sempiternal; immortal, unending, undying, interminable, ceaseless, endless, timeless; imperishable, unde-caying, indestructible, hardy, hearty; longevous, long-lived, macrobiotic.
perfect, adj. 1. ideal, exemplary, admirable, model; inimitable, incomparable, paragonless, paramount, preeminent; superlative, supreme, transcendent, crowning, sublime, august, infinite; excellent, superb, capital, exquisite, extraordinary, fine, {of a gem or peart) orient, second to none; invaluable, priceless, inestimable; unsurpassed, unequaled, unrivaled, unexcelled, matchless, peerless; utmost, uppermost, topmost, top; best, highest, champion, good, commendable, laudable.
2. complete, entire, comprehensive, intensive, full, fully realized; total, whole, consummate, plenary, absolute; thorough, thoroughgoing, exhaustive; utter, sheer, sweeping.
3. faultless, flawless, defectless; pure, precious, innocent, virgin, chaste; immaculate, clean, snowy, spick-and-span; unblemished, spotless, unspotted, stainless, taintless, untainted, unsullied, unsoiled; untarnished, undefiled, unscathed, undefaced, unimpaired, uninjured, undamaged, unmarred, inviolate; unmixed, unaltered, unmingled, unblended, undiluted, unalloyed; plain, simple, blank, stark, regular; impeccable, irreproachable.
4. unqualified, unlimited, unconditional, unconditioned, unreserved, unmitigated; unquestioning, implicit, undoubting, unhesitating; unrestricted, unhampered, unimpeded, unbounded; unequivocal, clear, unambiguous, explicit, express, unmistakable; pronounced, official, confirmed, authoritative, settled, fixed.